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Original Title:	The Ghost from the Grand Banks
ISBN:	0575076240 (ISBN13: 9780575076242)
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The Ghost From The Grand Banks Unknown Binding | Pages: 274 pages

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Title	:	The Ghost From The Grand Banks
Author	:	Arthur C. Clarke
Book Format	:	Unknown Binding
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 274 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2007 by Not Avail (first published November 1st 1990)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction

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It is 2010. In two years' time it will be the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic. Two of the world's most powerful corporations race to raise the vessel but there are other powers at work, and chaos theory comes into play as plans progress - and six preserved bodies are found. This novel incorporates two of Arthur C.Clarke's passions - deep sea exploration and future technology - in a fast-moving tale of mysetry and adventure. As operations proceed, the perfectly preserved body of a beautiful girl is found. She was not on the ship's passenger lists. The quest to uncover the secrets of the wreck and reclaim her becomes an obsession ... and for some, a fatal one.

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......................whaaaaaat?Well, I was really enjoying all the various elements of this story--the opposing teams working to bring the two halves of the Titanic up from it's (perhaps not so) final resting place, the Mandelbrot set, a giant octopus, windshields that repel rain with high frequency vibrations instead of wipers--and looking forward to finding out how on earth they would all fit together. Sadly, though, they just...didn't. At least not well. And then the end happened, and...I

More than anything, I'm impressed at how many predictions in this novel came true. I'm very amused that he thought we would eradicate any trace of smoking from old movies.This book is dated now, but still fun to read.

Ghost from the Grand Banks (fiction/novel) Arthur C. Clarke - interesting twist on raising the Titanic.

As compared to other Arthur C. Clarke novels, this one was disappointing. The author based his book on a series of notable science, mathematic, and engineering interests from the time of publishing that are poorly tied together to make up the story line. It is depressing as just about everybody or event ends negatively.

Once upon a time there was a great author named Arthur C. Clarke who wrote some of the most incredible books. Then in the early 80's he was kidnapped and replaced by a moron who was only capable of writing trash. That is the only explantion for this book. A lot science that had nothing to do with the supposed storyline, and details about the sexual deviancies of many of the charaters that did nothing for the story. So sad that Clarke lost it.

I wanted to read this because it involved the Titanic and I was going through 'that kind of phase' at the time. It involved more than just that of course and I enjoyed it very much. It was a new type of idea for sci-fi for me that didn't involve spaceships and aliens, more a near-futuristic feel which I appreciate more :)

While not Clarke's best work it's interesting to see the technological predictions. The book was written in 1991 and is set in the present day. This was before things such as twitter or skype and yet Clarke mentions very similar things with startling accuracy.